Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; Preface Introduction Cast of Characters 1. Roads to Gettysburg: Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania in June of 63 2. July 1 above and Below Gettysburg: the Union suffers a setback, offset by the rise of the Corps commanders 3. July 2 and the climax of the Battle of Gettysburg 4. July 3: the great Gettysburg gamble the Confederates could have won, and the Federals' finest hour on the field 5. The pursuit and escape of the Army of Northern Virginia Appendices; Bibliographic essay

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A major reinterpretation of the history of Gettysburg. Contains new material and insights.

About the Author

Jeffrey C. Hall is a biologist who has done genetic and behavioral research since the 1960s, publishing papers about the molecular neurobiology of courtship behavior and biological rhythms. He has taught courses in biology at Brandeis University since the mid-1970s. He began to study the American Civil War as an avocation in the early 1980s. This led to the origination of a Brandeis History course about the Gettysburg campaign, which he has taught since the mid-1990s.

Reviews

This is not just another Gettysburg book, but a different Gettysburg book. Most of the prior Gettysburg books have been accounts of Confederate command failures that led to Confederate defeat. This is the story of the Federal defense leading to Federal victory. The book contains new material and new insights. It rivals Coddington as an essential Gettysburg book, and it maps the battle like Bigelow mapped The Campaign at Chancellorsville. Alan T. Nolan, author of Lee Considered and The Iron Brigade